Chandrasekhar, Chandrashekhar or Chandra Shekhar is an Indian name and may refer to a number of individuals. The name comes from the name of an incarnation of the Hindu god

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

. In this form he married the goddess

Parvati Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi i ...

. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit words "चन्द्र (''candra'')", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (''śekhara'')", meaning "crest" or "crown", which is an epithet of the Shiva.

Notable people with this name

In politics and activism: * Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), known as Azad ("The Free"), Indian revolutionary who organised the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) * K. M. Chandrasekhar (born 1948), Indian Cabinet Secretary * Sripati Chandrasekhar (1918–2001), an Indian demographer and politician *

Chandra Shekhar Dubey Chandra Shekhar Dubey (born 2 January 1946) also known as Dadai Dubey was a Cabinet minister in Jharkhand government. He was an elected MLA of Bishrampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Dadai Dubey is a member of the Indian National Congress po ...

(born 1946), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *

Chandrashekhar Prasad Chandrashekar Prasad (20 September 1964 – 31 March 1997) popularly known as Chandu was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Uni ...

(died 1997), assassinated Indian student activist * Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954), known as K.C.R., Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Telangana * Chandra Shekhar Singh, known as Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007), eighth Prime Minister of India (1990–91) * Chandrasekhar Singh (1915–1976), deputy leader of the Communist Party of India *

Chandrashekhar Singh Chandrashekhar Singh (17 August 1927 - 9 July 1986) was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the 16th Chief Minister of Bihar from August 1983 to March 1985. He also held a number of Union State Minister positions in the Min ...

, member of the Indian National Congress, Chief Minister of Bihar 1983–85 In sports: *

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a leg spinner. Considered among the top echelon of leg spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi an ...

(B. S. Chandrasekhar, informally "Chandra"; born 1945), Indian cricketer * H. Chandrashekar (nicknamed "Chandru"), Indian footballer * O. Chandrashekar, former Indian professional footballer * Raghavendra Chandrashekar (born 1982), Indian cricketer * Rajesh Chandrasekar (born 1989), Indian male road and track cyclist *

Chandrasekhar Gadkari Lt. Col. Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari (3 February 1928 – 11 January 1998) was an Indian Test cricketer. Gadkari was an attacking batsman, medium pace bowler and a great fielder. He made a fine impression as a fielder in the 1952/53 tour to W ...

(1928–1998), Indian cricketer * Chinta Chandrashekar Rao (born 1988), Indian football player * Venugopal Chandrasekhar, Indian table tennis player In arts and entertainment: *

Chandrashekar Bandiyappa CSB is a South Indian film director who was born in Ummadahally a small village from Mandya district. With an academic qualification of B.Ed. from Bangalore University, M.Sc. in bioscience from Mysore University and a diploma in film technolog ...

, known as CSB, South Indian film director * Bala Devi Chandrashekar, American

Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of S ...

dancer *

Hitha Chandrashekar Hitha Chandrashekhar is an Indian actress who works in Kannada films. She rose to fame with 2017 film ''1/4 Kg Preethi''. Career Hitha completed an acting course from Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai before making her film debut in 2017 ...

, Indian film actress who works in Kannada films *

Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...

(born 1968), American film actor, director and writer *

Joseph Vijay Chandrashekar Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), known as Vijay, is an Indian actor, dancer and singer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is among the highest paid actors in India. He has played the lead in 66 films and the Internatio ...

(known simply as Vijay), Indian film actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema (Kollywood) *

Lakshmi Chandrashekar Lakshmi Chandrashekar is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Lakshmi Chandrashekar as an actress include '' Atithi'' (2002), ''Avasthe'' (1987), '' S. P. Sangliya ...

, Indian film actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India * Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Indian director, actor, screenwriter and lyricist working predominantly in Kannada cinema *

Vagai Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar (born 3 May 1956), also known as Vagai Chandrasekhar, is an Indian stage, film and television actor working in Tamil language films, known for his histrionics. He is currently the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram. He ...

(known simply as Chandrasekhar), Kollywood film actor *

Chandrashekhar Dubey Chandrashekhar Dubey (4 September 1924 – 28 September 1993) commonly referred to as C. S. Dubey was an Indian actor and radio personality. He was born in Kannod and appeared in over 150 Hindi films as a character actor starting in 1950s, wit ...

(1924–1993), Indian actor and radio personality * Chandrashekhara Kambara (born 1937), Indian poet, playwright, and professor * Chandrashekhar Vaidya (known simply as Chandrashekhar; 1922–2021), Bollywood film actor * Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (born 1973), Tollywood film director In science and academia: *

Hariharan Chandrashekar Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekar is an Indian ecological economist, founding and presiding over urban people-led movements for urban sustainability on water and energy, a mentor for green enterprise and entrepreneurs, and enabler of industry directi ...

(born 1956), Indian environmental economist, eco-entrepreneur, writer, and policy advocate and urban analyst *

Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar FNA, FRS (6 August 1930 – 8 March 2004) was an Indian physicist who won the Royal Medal in 1994. He was the founder-president of the International Liquid Crystal Society. Chandrasekhar was born on 6 August 1 ...

(1930–2004), Indian physicist * Srinivasan Chandrasegaran, pioneer in genome editing *

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran Srinivasan Chandrasekaran (born 1945) is an Indian organic and organometallic chemist, academic and a former chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Division of Chemical Sciences. He was also a former Dean of the Faculty of Scienc ...

(born 1945), Indian chemist *

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (; ) (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who spent his professional life in the United States. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for "... ...

(1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics, after whom the astrophysics formula

Chandrasekhar limit The Chandrasekhar limit () is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. The currently accepted value of the Chandrasekhar limit is about (). White dwarfs resist gravitational collapse primarily through electron degeneracy pressure, compared ...

and quantity

Chandrasekhar number The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity used in magnetic convection to represent ratio of the Lorentz force to the viscosity. It is named after the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. The number's main function is as a m ...

are named * Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar (born 1956), Indian bioinorganic chemist, former director of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology * Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics * Chandrashekhar Khare, professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles * Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri, founder of free Sarada Vidyalayam School and Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology * Y. S. Chandrashekhar, Indian-American cardiologist In business: *

Chandrashekhar Agashe Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe ( mr, चंद्रशेखर आगाशे; IAST: Candraśekhara Āgāśe; 14 February 1888 — 9 June 1956) was an Indian industrialist and lawyer, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra S ...

(1888–1956), Indian industrialist

Notable people with this name

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